Re: Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done?
Steve Hayes <[email protected]> Tue, 12 May 2026 05:58:23 +0200
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On Tue, 12 May 2026 02:45:03 +0100, Lawfare Review <[email protected]> wrote: >Earlier this year, computer scientist Guillaume Cabanac received a >notification from Google Scholar that one of his publications had >been cited in a paper published in the International Dental Journal1. >That was unexpected, because his research on spotting fabricated >papers doesn’t typically intersect with dentistry. “I was very >surprised to see that I couldn’t recognize my own reference,” >says Cabanac, who is based at the University of Toulouse in France. > >https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00969-z -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk